Choosing an airbrush

One of the first questions I am usually asked is what airbrush do I use.  As an artist, I feel the airbrush is a tool to paint with, nothing more.  Your talent, experience, and abilities are what really counts.  If you have a expensive top of the line airbrush model don't expect your work to be that much better.  Some of my best work was done with basic entry level airbrushes.  Just make sure it's a double action airbrush in the $80 to $110 range.  A medium tip is fine.  You can fine line very well with it. Now a double action airbrush means you can control the airflow and paint volume with the trigger.  This is very important when you need to freehand details.  All of the work you see in my pictures were down free handed with a double action airbrush with a medium tip.  When started in the late 1970's I used a siphon fed airbrush with a bottle.  Today, I prefer the gravity fed type for easy handling and getting in tight areas.